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a person who creates a written work
a writer who is still trying to get published
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Recent Examples of writers
Every credit card review is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors.
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Harlan Vaughn, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
The series, which (understandably) resulted in a high-stakes bidding war, was given a two-season order by the streamer, with Gilligan noting that the writers’ room for the sophomore installment is already open.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025
As in 2023, the chief negotiator for the writers will be Ellen Stutzman, who is also the executive director of WGA West.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Miami Herald staff writers Jay Weaver and Christina Saint Louis and Herald writer Theo Karantsalis contributed to this report.
—Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Independent filmmakers and writers now face a new kind of piracy; their content duplicated in seconds, stripped of context, and monetized by companies that never paid to make it.
—Gerard Scimeca, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
That also applies to a steady supply of writers who imagine the place to be haunted.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Every product was determined to have excelled in each category by our editorial team of in-house writers and editors, as well as contributors, along with special consideration from dermatologists.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 25 Oct. 2025
McElroy penned Halloween 4 in just 10 days, completing it just before a writers' strike, per a 2018 Daily Dead interview.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Harlan Vaughn, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
The series, which (understandably) resulted in a high-stakes bidding war, was given a two-season order by the streamer, with Gilligan noting that the writers’ room for the sophomore installment is already open.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025
As in 2023, the chief negotiator for the writers will be Ellen Stutzman, who is also the executive director of WGA West.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Miami Herald staff writers Jay Weaver and Christina Saint Louis and Herald writer Theo Karantsalis contributed to this report.
—Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Independent filmmakers and writers now face a new kind of piracy; their content duplicated in seconds, stripped of context, and monetized by companies that never paid to make it.
—Gerard Scimeca, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
That also applies to a steady supply of writers who imagine the place to be haunted.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Every product was determined to have excelled in each category by our editorial team of in-house writers and editors, as well as contributors, along with special consideration from dermatologists.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 25 Oct. 2025
McElroy penned Halloween 4 in just 10 days, completing it just before a writers' strike, per a 2018 Daily Dead interview.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for writers
authors
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The authors say the results could help doctors make more accurate diagnoses, reduce unnecessary, restrictive gluten-free diets and help shift messaging away from the idea that gluten is inherently harmful.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The authors say the discovery does more than offer a promising material tweak.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Writers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writers. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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